This renowned Italian pasta and chickpea soup, pasta e ceci, is as simple as it is tasty! This flavor-filled stew makes a comfortable vegetarian lunch or dinner.Pasta e ceci is a standard Italian “pasta and chickpea soup,” and how we’ve gone this long without making it on the regular is beyond me! Alex and I have dedicated years to finding out Italian classics, developing the best margherita pizza and cacio e pepe. We’re delighted to reveal this dish! This stew is full of huge Italian tastes: intense dynamic tomato, leafy Tuscan kale, and a velvety broth made with Parmesan rind. Swimming in it all are the chickpeas and pasta of the soup’s title, making it hearty and filling. It’s a stunner and joins our other Italian soup favorites tortellini soup, ribollita and minestrone. How to make it? Andiamo!What’s in pasta e ceci?There are hundreds of ways to make pasta e ceci, just like American potato salad and coleslaw. This Italian stew is generally served in Rome on Tuesdays and Fridays, according to their informal weekly meal schedule. You’ll see it scrawled on dining establishment blackboards as the day-to-day special. Of course, every clothing makes it in a different way, depending upon the week and what’s on hand.The just real continuous in pasta e ceci is the pasta and chickpeas. The broth is typically tomato-based but does not have to be, and sometimes it consists of anchovies. The pasta can be round or tubes or approximately cut squares. Truly, anything goes here! Here’s what we selected to use in our pasta e ceci: Onion, garlic, & Tuscan kaleCanned fire roasted tomatoes & tomato pasteOlive oilVegetable brothChickpeasPasta: any kind of route (we utilized rigatoni) Fresh basilSpices: Dried oregano, thyme, red pepper flakesParmesan rindFire roasted tomatoes have the very best flavorYou’ll discover that we frequently require fire roasted tomatoes in our Italian dishes, most notably our best pizza sauce. And there used in this pasta e ceci soup. Why? You can absolutely taste the difference. Fire roasted canned tomatoes have a sweet flavor
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